List of Reports
chemical-like smell
Friday, October 25, 2024, 05:54 AM
Description:
There is a very irratable smell that is in the air. It has been going on for a few weeks now. The smell gets worse in the evenings from 5:30 on. ...
Olores fuertes de refinería
Monday, October 14, 2024, 09:19 AM
Description:
muy buenos días sólo quería comentarte qué ahorita ay un olor fuerte! a gas de la refinería creo la no tienen control! Cada rato pasa eso ...
Loud hissing and smells coming from refinery
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 10:00 AM
Description:
There is a very loud hissing sound coming from the Refinery. It sounds like gas or air being released at a very high pressure, I can hear the hissing inside my home. There is a foul odor as well and it's 10pm ...
Sulfur smells every morning
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 10:38 AM
Description:
I live near the refinery on Panama Lane. Almost every single morning in between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. there is a pretty strong sulfur smell. The last 2 days the smell has been very strong and I have been heaving headaches. ...
Olores fuertes en las mañanas
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 10:30 AM
Description:
En las mañanas hay olores muy fuertes. El olor es más fuerte en las mañanas entre las 2 de la mañana y las 9. Últimamente no salgo porque me siento mal estar afuera ...
H2S spikes at refinery
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 09:59 AM
Description:
The Kern energy monitor spiked twice this morning. This is the 4th leak spike in 2 days from the facility. Any updates for on the cause of the spikes in H2S ...
Nos salimos de la casa por olores fuertes
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 09:46 AM
Description:
My husband went outside to play with our son in the yard this morning and there was a very strong smell of propane gas in the air. He got a headache and he felt that his nose was getting dry. We decided to leave for a little because my husband was not feeling well and the smell was so strong. ...
Pesticide spray drift
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 12:00 PM
Description:
Early in the morning a thick white cloud with high opacity limited visibility to a few hundred feet. There was also a horrible smell. The dust was blowing onto homes and cars including a school bus were forced to drive through the cloud. ...
Pesticide spray drift
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 02:35 AM
Description:
There was a thick cloud moving from a field into homes. I had oil specks on my windshield after driving through the cloud ...
Pesticide spray drift
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 02:35 AM
Description:
Early in the morning a thick white cloud with high opacity limited visibility to a few hundred feet. There was also a horrible smell. The dust was blowing onto homes and cars including a school bus were forced to drive through the cloud ...
Pozo ruidoso junta a mi casa (Loud Noises from Oil Well)
Thursday, September 5, 2024, 07:56 AM
Description:
I un poso cercas de mi casa. Ha estado apagado por un buen rato, pero ahora lo prendieron. Está prendido entre la noche y en la madrugada. Hace mucho ruido el pozo y se siente que la casa tiembla. English Translation: Yes, there is a well near my house. It has been off for a while, but now it ha ...
Hissing coming from refinery
Friday, August 9, 2024, 12:35 PM
Description:
12am Their is a load hissing coming from the kern ernergy plant started smelling the begining of potential of that smell ...
Hissing coming from refinery
Friday, August 9, 2024, 12:35 PM
Description:
12am Their is a load hissing coming from the kern ernergy plant started smelling the begining of potential of that smell ...
Strong smell near tomato plant
Monday, August 5, 2024, 08:50 AM
Description:
Strong foul pungent smell near tomato plant and hard to breathe. Carried by wind. ...
Sulfur like smells in the early mornings
Saturday, July 20, 2024, 07:16 AM
Description:
Almost every night around 2:00 a.m. I start to smell a sulfur like smell lingering in the air. In the mornings the smell makes its way into the house. I have all the fans on but it's not helping. The smell is very distinct and has a sulfur or rotten egg smell. It's different than the smell that come ...
Smoke from fire
Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 09:26 AM
Description:
Fuller Acres is covered in smoke right now. I passed a fire with black smoke near Hermosa and Muller road. It's so bad that Kern energy is covered in smoke also. It smells bad and it's getting into the house ...
Olor a gas proviniente de la partre Este de Hilltop
Saturday, July 13, 2024, 08:50 AM
Description:
Hay un olor de gas que esta proveniendo de de la parte Este de Hilltop y que esta causando varios molestares a varios residentes. La direccion de el viento proviene de el Norte/Este. Al principio yo estaba asumiendo que el olor originaba de la refineria localizada en Panama, pero despues de maneja ...
Olores fuertes en las mañanas
Friday, July 12, 2024, 08:15 AM
Description:
Hay olores muy fuertes en las mañanas. Toda esta semana me he despertado a olores que llegan hasta dentro de la casa. Últimamente siento que tengo problemas con la respiración. Los olores son muy feos, a veces da olor de camarón podrido. ...
Smells from refinery
Friday, July 12, 2024, 05:28 AM
Description:
There has been a strong smell coming from the refinery in the morning. The smell has been strong and entering my house. ...
Strong smells from refinery
Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 08:26 AM
Description:
I was near the corner of Panama and weedpatch and smelled strong smells from the refinery. It kind of smells like sulfur. The smells have been around from more then an hour ...
No Water for Entire Neighborhood
Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 07:55 AM
Description:
Since the early morning of Saturday, June 22nd 2024, the entire neighborhood around Shirley Lane Elementary School, including my home, has not had water access. Most of us were not advised that the water would be shut down either. It is typical of the Victor’s Water employees to not inform us of s ...
Water issues
Monday, June 24, 2024, 05:19 AM
Description:
Our neighborhood receives water through Victory Mutual Water Company. It is ran by a man named Bill White. On Friday I guess the motor/pump went out on our well. There is another pump that went out over a year ago and never repaired. This has left our neighborhood without water. Bill said it would b ...
Humo innecesario de los vendedores ambulantes.
Saturday, June 8, 2024, 11:22 AM
Description:
Humo innecesario de los vendedores ambulantes que no respetan la consideracion de los residentes. Addicionalmente, la tierra ques se levanta por los vehiclulos que llegan a comprar, se necesita precaucion cuando se maneja en las carreteras. ...
Reporte de daños a la salud
Friday, June 7, 2024, 07:01 AM
Description:
Por medio de El presente Quiero comunicarles que en nuestra area estan exparciendo un pesticida El cual esta afectando la salud a nuestras familia las cuales estan presentando sin Tomas de vomito dolor de cabeza estomago y Muchas alergias efectando nuestras respiracion y la de nuestros hijos llegand ...
Chemical smell
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:58 AM
Description:
I believe almond fields have been sprayed, the smell is very potent making our heads hurt & even vomit ...
Pesticide Smell
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:57 AM
Description:
The snell of pesticides have been lingering for a few days. Specially stronger beginning 6/5/24 in the evening to overnight. ...
Strong Oder
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:55 AM
Description:
The smell is strong and it makes me feel yucky. ...
Sick because pesticides
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:13 AM
Description:
I fell sick o get vomiting headache and dizz i weak up at 4: am and smell so bad is a pesticides what put in the almond tree right now is 8: am is smell the same we can't do either outside ...
Pesticides.
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 08:02 AM
Description:
They have been spraying almond trees for a number of days. Last night was bad effecting breathing and burning eyes. This morning chemical order remained inside of home. ...
Pesticides
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 05:45 AM
Description:
Olía feo causó dolor de cabeza, vomito a mi y a mi esposo ...
Large fire
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 04:50 AM
Description:
Large fire seen 30 mins out. Had been burning a minimum of an hour . North of Lost Hills ...
Pesticides
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 02:37 AM
Description:
Smell very bad chemical coming inside my house ...
Ag Burning
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 11:59 AM
Description:
I was going south on the 99 and saw a fire just north of the corpus road exit on the west side. There was a smaller fire, and a larger and darker plume of white smoke about 100 yards south also. ...
Kern oil Refinery
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 10:45 AM
Description:
Kern oil refinery flare started at 10am ...
Smoke coming from the Kern Energy Refinery
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 09:48 AM
Description:
We noticed the flare turn off and there is smoke coming from the tanks close to Panama Lane and Weedpatch HWY. The smoke could be coming from behind the tanks. This is happening right now. ...
Smoke coming from the Kern Energy Refinery
Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 09:48 AM
Description:
We noticed the flare turn off and there is smoke coming from the tanks close to Panama Lane and Weedpatch HWY. The smoke could be coming from behind the tanks. This is happening right now. ...
Pesticide drift in Mexican Colony
Thursday, April 25, 2024, 08:45 AM
Description:
Pesticide drift off of Burbank and Big John Rd. ...
Smoke from 2 stacks at refinery
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 12:44 PM
Description:
There is smoke coming from Kern Energy. 1215am time started in back of tree line / other side of tank plant property. ...
Loud noises and smoke from Kern Energy Refinery
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 12:31 PM
Description:
Around 10pm there was a loud noise coming from the refinery. I noticed something happening with the flare. There is still smoke coming out right now at midnight. ...
Symptoms from oil well
Friday, April 5, 2024, 07:15 AM
Description:
The fire department said there was a leak and levels were low near my house. For two weeks I have had fatigue. A bad headache, that goes from my left ear to the back of my neck... brain fog, trouble with concentration, and on again off again nausea. ...
Leak testimony
Friday, April 5, 2024, 06:59 AM
Description:
Some guy in a hoodie came with a flyer we didn't smell anything near the apartment and we didn't have any of the symptoms firefighters came to our door they told us the gas had dissipated and we were safe sometimes it does smell on mohawk like asphalt or like rotten animals ...
Gas leak story
Thursday, April 4, 2024, 07:07 AM
Description:
I smell like gas and rotten eggs on Mohawk all the time. For the past like 5 months I have noticed it. Sometimes it smells all the way down by where valley Baptist Church is. I also have been feeling a lot of the symptoms for at least a few months. I've had weird headaches and dizziness, that ain't ...
Evacuation from Gas leak
Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 06:02 AM
Description:
I have been smelling methane for the past few weeks near my daughter house, there was an evacuation for their apartments near California and truxtun ext, off of Mohawk. I want to know if there is any information on what is leaking ...
Smoke from tanks
Monday, April 1, 2024, 07:32 AM
Description:
I woke up early this morning I saw smoke coming from the tanks near the street at the refinery. It was black and coming from the tanks near the street, closer to weedpatch HWY. The smoke was coming out for more then 30 minutes ...
Rotten eggs on Panama
Thursday, March 7, 2024, 04:51 AM
Description:
I drove from HWY 184 towards Fairfax and smelled strong rotten egg smell. I saw one of the tanks near the fence with the silver hatch on top open. I had my AC on when I drove by and the smell was very strong when I was closer to weedpatch ...
Smells from Alon refinery
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10:24 AM
Description:
Strong crude smells coming from Alon. Flaring happening at the moment. ...
Refinery has black smoke
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 07:09 AM
Description:
There is black smoke coming from the refinery in the middle. It hasn't stopped for the last 20 minutes, it gets darker and lighter but it always comes out as black. ...
Smells like crude and gas
Monday, March 4, 2024, 04:51 AM
Description:
There is a SoCal gas crew fixing a leak in front of the refinery. I asked one of the workers if there was a leak and he said yes. I felt sick and nauseous for the last 3 weeks. My eyes and throat have also been irritated. I have visitors at the house, and they have mentioned smelling very strong. Ga ...
Leaking Well
Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 08:18 AM
Description:
Leaking well in the parking lot of the Kaiser Ob/Gyn office ...
Loud noises at refinery
Monday, February 19, 2024, 04:24 AM
Description:
There is a loud booms coming from the refinery. Thisnhas been going on since 2am. It also smell like crude on and off all night. ...
Humo de torres
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 07:30 AM
Description:
Hay humo saliendo de las torres en la refinería. Sale de en medio dónde están los tanques también. Siempre lo hacen en la noche. Hoy desperté a las 5:30am y había mucho humo ...
White smoke from stacks all night
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 09:17 AM
Description:
I recorded a video of thick white smoke coming from the tall stacks in the middle of the refinery. There was white smoke that was drifting and not disappearing. It started around 10 and it went on until the sun came up. ...
Leaking oil pipeline
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 05:20 AM
Description:
There was an oil leak, city does not know how long it has been leaking. Flyer sent out to us, and listed symptoms of which I have had several for over a year. It is so bad that I lost my mob because of it, and until now I did not know what it was. I have had: fatigue, headaches, memory problems, an ...
Hissing and smells coming from wells
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 03:37 AM
Description:
There was a man working on the tank farm behind golden west casino. He was next to a valve and there was white smoke and hissing coming from one of the tanks in the closer to the houses in the back side. He was there today around 3pm ...
Nighttime nuisance!
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 11:43 AM
Description:
The overnight floor lights on the equipment working on the oil leak are flooding our house! It's keeping people awake! Please face the lights a different direction! ...
Olores de crematorio
Thursday, February 8, 2024, 09:17 AM
Description:
Vivo in McFarland cercas del crematorio en la noche y la madrugada huele mucho a quemado y sale el olor del crematorio. Por favor hagan algo para parar el olor. (I live in McFarland near the crematorium at night and in the early morning it smells very burnt and the smell of the crematorium comes out ...
Giant flood lights
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 10:04 AM
Description:
I know there's a lot going on right now at Panama & Buena Vista, but the giant overnight flood lights are a GIANT and shining directly into our bedroom windows overnight even though there's no work being done overnight. If these could be shifted so that they're not causing a big nuisance directly in ...
Oil clean up
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 02:13 AM
Description:
The pipeline leak cleanup is happening near my house. There were strong smells on Saturday later at night. Sometimes when you drive past the site there is a slight smell of crude, and driving past the cleanup trucks smells like crude also. Clean up crews are blocking the gutters on the sidewalk, I'm ...
Smells from oil spill
Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 02:09 AM
Description:
My family and I smelled some crude on Saturday night. We live close to the oil spill that is happening and The smell of crude still sometimes reaches our house intermittently. ...
Emissions from old well
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 12:40 PM
Description:
Filmed a possible leak coming from a hole near the base of a idle well. Flir footage shows what looks like a minor gas leak coming from a hole in the casing (circled in blue in provided picture) ...
Huge fire with smoke
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 06:09 AM
Description:
There is a huge flame at the refinery right now. It has puffs of black smoke coming from the stack. I have a sick person at home and I'm worried because this has been burning all day. ...
Llama y olores de la refeneria
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 01:12 AM
Description:
Hay una llama grande que se prende y apaga. En las últimas semanas has habido olores fuertes y en las mañanas sale mucho humo de la torcha ...
Smells from flaring
Friday, December 1, 2023, 05:10 AM
Description:
Por la última semana ha estado saliendo olores muy fuertes de petróleo y huevo podrido del fuego en la refinería. Mejor me quedo adentro porque los olores llegan muy fuerte . También ha habido humo negro que sale de la refinería temprano en las mañanas. Entre las 7 a 11 de la mañana es cuando ...
Leaking oil well
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:33 AM
Description:
My grandmother was having symptoms such as severe headache and nausea. She was outside during the day and started to experience these symptoms in the evening. ...
Leaking oil well
Friday, November 17, 2023, 08:33 AM
Description:
My grandmother was having symptoms such as severe headache and nausea. She was outside during the day and started to experience these symptoms in the evening. ...
Heavy black smoke train yard
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 03:57 AM
Description:
Heavy black smoke burning in a train yard between Truxtun Ave and California Ave near Bakersfield High School ...
1,2,3-TCP in McFarland Water
Monday, August 28, 2023, 11:19 AM
Description:
A report from the City of McFarland stated that the average level for the contaminate 1,2,3-TCP in the City's drinking water over 3 months (January, February, and March of 2023) was 0.037 ug/L. This is 52 times higher than the Public Health Goal of 0.0007 ug/L and 7 times higher than the drinking wa ...
BM29-30 Illegal dumping
Monday, August 21, 2023, 02:29 PM
Description:
Oil barrels and other various debris were discovered in an irrigation canal within Sandridge property. ...
Abandon Sail boat (Ridgecrest)
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 08:17 PM
Description:
Abandon Boat on S China lake and Brady st. Brady trail head. Boat is dumped where people park there car to head to the trail. ...
Abandon sail boat
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 08:02 PM
Description:
Abandon sail boat on 2137 south China lake and Brady St. The boat is abandon on Brady trail. ...
Illegal field dumping
Sunday, May 28, 2023, 08:18 PM
Description:
Illegal dumping in desert fuels Bed frame, tree branches, plastic,carpet,tires. Please help. ...
Illegal field dumping
Sunday, May 28, 2023, 08:07 PM
Description:
Illegal dumping in desert fuels Bed frame, tree branches, plastic,carpet,tires. Please help. ...
Flooded soccer field
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 08:03 PM
Description:
Soccer field is flooded at Pioneer Park on east side Bakersfield ...
Memory Problems resulting from pollution
Friday, July 1, 2022, 02:21 PM
Description:
Everyone in our home has headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, memory problems. I am worried that we have some methane gas leaks like I heard about from the east side.P ...
Methane gas leak
Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 04:24 PM
Description:
Methane gas leak behind our home. Everyone in our home has headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, memory problems ...
Abandoned water well
Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 03:41 PM
Description:
This is a 3 party water well that has not been used in over 20 years. County had sent me a letter to destroy well in 2021. I advised County it was not located on my property and the property owner had blocked all access to well illegally. The individual from the county (David Faller) then informed m ...
Street flooding
Thursday, December 16, 2021, 07:51 AM
Description:
Water on weed patch highway northbound. Causing traffic problems and an accident waiting to happen ...
Improper Oil Spill Disposal
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 08:30 AM
Description:
An oil pimping jack is in service located along the bike path near where the new extension (to Taft Highway) begins. We (my riding partner and I) have observed a significant and progressing spill accumulating over the prior weeks (6 weeks or more); the berm was full of spilled oil the week before. ...
Illegal dumping/squatters
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 12:53 PM
Description:
Dumping junk cars and parked RV , trashing empty house lot ...
Illegal Dumping
Monday, April 5, 2021, 03:07 PM
Description:
There is a number of mattresses, couches, chemicals, and other garbage all over the area in this popular walking path for local residents ...
Month long boom sound
Sunday, March 21, 2021, 07:58 PM
Description:
Month long boom/ pop sounds south east of Lamont. Usually louder at night. In a few occasions It has shaken the house. Hard too sleepbecause of the sounds. ...
Old trees falling and causing unsafe conditions
Tuesday, March 2, 2021, 10:19 AM
Description:
Old trees at park that are dying have branches breaking off and they are causing unsafe conditions where kids play. ...
Trailer Trucks
Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 02:37 PM
Description:
Large number of trailers parking at an empty lot. Not exactly sure if this is a legitimate business or they are parking there illegally. ...
Buried Oil Drilling Sumps on Prime Farmland
Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 10:49 AM
Description:
Material buried in oil drilling sumps prevents farmers from using their land properly and threatens local ground water with contamination. ...
Oil and Gas Odors
Monday, February 24, 2020, 07:07 PM
Description:
Strong oil and gas petroleum smells coming from the west north west of community. started noticing around 6 when picking up daughter from bus stop. Symptoms are head aches and soar throat ...
High Speed Rail Dirty Diesel Equipment between Shafter and Wasco
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 04:15 PM
Description:
I observed today that High Speed Rail seems to be using older diesel engines on several pieces of earth moving equipment with visible smoke from exhaust pipes. This is similar to an unresolved earlier complaint about HSR using older diesel trucks for moving dirt to the construction site. This goes a ...
Very Strong H2S smell
Monday, April 8, 2019, 08:14 PM
Description:
There was an overwhelming and pugent smell that made me pull over and gag!! ...
Pollution from High Speed Rail construction
Sunday, January 13, 2019, 04:09 PM
Description:
High Speed Rail (HSR) construction has begun on the north side of Shafter. Earth moving to form the rail bed is being done by trucks bringing dirt from another location. These trucks do not seem to have the latest diesel engines which would limit diesel pollution for nearby residents such as those l ...
Large white toxic plume
Thursday, December 20, 2018, 06:26 PM
Description:
Large white plume being released from Pixley ethanol staying close to the ground ...